Crude, Gasoline Prices Decline

NEW YORK -- Nymex crude-oil futures ended below $74 a barrel at a two-week low Tuesday amid expectations of rising U.S. refinery utilization and declines in the price of gasoline.

"I think we have an ongoing story with the rising refinery operating rates that are pressuring gasoline prices," said Tim Evans, an energy analyst at Citigroup in New York. "The crude oil market has now reached a point where it is tacitly...